Sheffield City Council

Strategic Transport Planning Manager
Salary: Grade 11 £54,628 to £59,825
Job reference: REQ001807

Sheffield is a vibrant and independent city. It is a growing and ambitious place with an industrial heritage. A green and active Outdoor City, Sheffield has seen significant development over the past three decades.

Sheffield is city on the move, with ambitious plans for growth. An improved transport network will be key to realising this and the City Transport service is now looking to recruit an exceptional individual with the knowledge and experience to help develop key strategies and plans, and the energy and passion to lead the Strategic Transport Planning team to deliver them.

As an experienced transport professional you will take forward the City’s new transport strategy and shape the development of our future transport programme to support housing and economic growth and address the transport and environmental challenges we face.

We are looking for someone with excellent communication, negotiation and analytical skills to work with key stakeholders across a range of disciplines to develop an integrated infrastructure plan that supports investment decisions.

The role will lead transport planning professionals looking after planning; policy; partnerships and setting programme objectives.

This is a politically restricted post.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Interview Date: week commencing 22 January 2024

For more information, please contact Tom Finnegan-Smith 07787 268905 or Lorna Jackson [email protected] 

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